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"I normally sell developments for other developers but this will be my first big job."

The change of use application maps out plans for six one-bed flats and a further eight one-bed mezzanine studio flats in what used to be the old banking hall.

An internal view of the banking hall in the old Hull Savings Bank in George Street in 1972.

The existing main entrance on the corner of George Street and Bond Street would be retained under the plans while the old bank vaults would be reused for secure cycle parking.

However, the application proposes big changes to the exterior look at the building with proposals for more windows and a new contemporary clock set cedar-boarded facade.

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Both versions of the bank also featured clocks overlooking the George Street junction.

A planning and design statement accompanying the application says: "The proposed new flats units are intended to supplement the previously approval for residential development on the upper floors and with the improvement works to the main elevations will create a flagship conversion in the centre of the city."

The clock on the original Hull Savings Bank on the corner of George Street and Bond Street

The site is next to the K2 mixed-use development currently taking shape in a former high-rise council office block in Bond Street and directly opposite the proposed new £130m Albion Square scheme.